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' Patented Deo; 11, 1883.

No. 290,190.l

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,EDWIN P. OSGOOD, OF MALDEN,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BYRONA. OSGOOD. Y

CASH-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,190, dated December11, 1863.

Application filed November 12,1283. (No model.)

To all whom-t may concern: l

Be it known that I, EDWIN l?. OsGooD, of Malden, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and 5 usefulImprovement in Cash-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improvement in cashcars of that class in which aframe-work proio vided with a wheel or wheels runs upon a track with atray or receptacle suspended from the frame by flexible connections, sothat inexpensive construction ot' sufficient strength f and ornamentalform, and, finally, to generally improve the details of construction 'ofthe car '2 5 and its appendages.

In the accompanying drawings, `-Fignre 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 anend elevation, and

Fig.- 3 a top view, of the improved car. Fig.

4 is a plan View of the tray and cup, and Fig.

3o 5 a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken centrally through the. axis of .oneof the wheels.

In these drawings, A represents the framework of the car-body. It may bemadev of 35 sheet-brass or other convenient material struck out in theform shown, in which the sides are composed of the flat bars l 2 3 4.56', and so on, with hangers 7, which suspend the car from the groovedwheels G. The sides may 4o be connected byl suitable bolts, as Well asby the pivot-screws a.

5o are wound upon the wheels, between the On thebottom is fixed a plate,8, and on the top are xed plates A. l

ilanges 9, in oppositel directions, their ends extending down andconnected .to atray, l0,

Vwhich carries a cup, B, with preferably a small knob or handle at itsbottom. The

straps may be of leatheror any equivalent'55 material.

To the top piecesA, are Xed, lby means `of screws b, the spring-catchesE, these catches having a hooked end, z', which passes under and hooksover aninclined stop, ll, set upon 6o the track J. A preferably elasticstop, H, receives the impact 'of the spring-catch to arrest the car, andthiiclfinedmstop prevents theyreturn. A handle, G, is tlxwe'd'Y to thespringcatch, so that it may be grasped by the hand 6 5g and drawn down,the operator at the same time retaining his hold upon the handle to givethe car the proper impetus. When the tray is drawn down, the straps Fturn the wheels, coiling up the springs within them, 70 and when thetray is released the recoil ofthe springs draws up the car.

The tray may be made of thin sheet metal, and is fitted to receive billsor packages, while the cup B is adapted to receive coin. The tray 7,5 V

may be struck or spun out of a single piece of metal. All the springsand wheels are located on the frame-work of the carriage and closebeneath the track, and the tray or' pull-down part of the carriage is ofthe least possible 8o weight. ,v

It will be observed that the wheels on which the straps are wound are ina plane parallel with the track or line of movement of the car, andthevstraps are brought ,down at the oppo- 8 5 site sides, so as to turnthe wheels in opposite directions. The wheels, being arranged in thisway, offer very little resistance as the car is pushed back and forth,and this, with their location directly beneath the track, makes 9o theirmovement very` easy.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the car-frame composed of thesidepieces specied and hangers 7 with spring-wheels supporting pulleys,95 adapted to runfupon a track, anda tray suspended from the pulleys bymeans of flexible straps, substantially as described.

2. The frame A, composed of the bars 1 2 3 4 5 6 and suspending-hangers7, and car- 10o l the inclined stop l17 and the stop II, substantiallyas described.

6. The Combination of the tray 107 having the cup B, and the plate 8,adapted to tinto the tray to hold down articles placed therein7substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN l. OSGOOD.

lVitnesses:

BYRON A. OsGooD, SARAH T. PENNEY.

